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Just had a look at pricing on my flights this weekend back out with scheduled return end of March and its £484 I paid £404 back when I booked it in November Plenty of value about still

Flipper was my first hotel ever in Pattaya so always holds a good memory care of "Thai Adventures" Brian Kelly and Nick Hurn out of Guernsey Havent dropped anchor there for a long time though last visit must have around 2007 ish Friend from UK who must be pushing 200 visits (if not higher) always stays there so must be still very good

Interesting re Agoda I had to come back for 2 weeks and back out on 11th January Because of where I live in the UK and the ability to get to Gatwick (a rare occurence) and an early flight I looked at getting a hotel at Gatwick for evening of the 10th initally I looked at Agoda without being logged in.....£55 (very fair) for the one I wanted Logged in few hours later to book it and status is high (usual agoda I thought bollacks) but now the price dropped to £51....now they have thrown in free breakfast AND upgraded me to a family room ! Fair play indeed

The proceeds of crime act of 2002 covers the £1,000 level at which point "they" can take interest and covers the Police/ Border Force/ Customs and other official Government departments. I gave personal experience of 3 instances of myself being tugged (one less than 2 months ago) and suggested you watch any number of border force shows (not a day goes by without repeats somewhere). I am surprised anyone didnt know that we as passengers "could" be questioned at only the £1000 level..."Could/can" being the operative words So the paper declaration in otherwards written declaration is presented to Border Force/Customs as you leave the country and is required at 10k Euro as Knortyboy correctly stated albeit sooner or later (doubtless later) than wil revert to Sterling now we've left the EU but notwithstanding whether its 10k Euro or Sterling its not relevant to the point being made namely the much lower limit Returning to proceeds of crime act of 2002.......hordes of links but this one will suffice https://amisolicitors.co.uk/2022/05/09/what-you-should-know-about-cash-and-asset-seizure-due-to-uk-border-offences/ No one needs to panic over this level because all it takes is some proof of where the money originated. Bank receipts/ATM receipts are perfect. On all three occasions I brushed the query off easily once on final gate and once at hand scanners (both those with receipts) and on 3rd occasion in March this year he didnt even check....just asked if I had in excess of £1,000 Vast majority of us (to Thailand) I'd imagine send money in advance these days anyway via Wise etc etc so anyone with hard currency kinda stands out a bit to them and their money dogs Reading the flyer forums the money dogs are more prevalent it seems at Heathrow and Manchester

It is 10k Euros or equivalent It was "supposed" to have reverted the day we officially left the EU but the statute book still has it at Euros No Keyman you're talking about paper declaration limits. Anything over just £1,000 and questions "can" be asked as to origin and in fact as recently as March this year arriving into the UK was pulled at Customs at Gatwick and after first usual questions pack the bag tourself, do you know alcohol and cigarette limits etc etc the 4th or 5th question was do you have over £1,000 on you which I truthfully answered no (to all questions) He didnt check at all. Open palms and looked him right in the eyes lol That £1.000 level has been in force since 2002 where questions to origin can be asked under proceeds of crime act of that year Customs programmes on the Sky Channel feature it weekly....amusing watching a Vietnamese girl recently who lied when the dog indicated on her (think it was Heathrow) and they uncovered about £4,500 on her (edited in...she didnt have proof of where it came from) She claimed she worked in a nail bar. Border Force confiscated it pending further investigation. They asked if she still wanted to fly and rather surprisingly (to me) she still did Too me she looked like a well you know lol

Well its booked lol Out of interest I have flown Air India twice before via new Delhi (round trips) and its a typical "internet myth" that they are horrendous that somehow the last 25 years has become an "internet fact" instead First I agree the security was over the top with bells on. I recall 5 security checks leaving Delhi for the connection to Bangkok but its a one off we're not doing it weekly Food was "ok" albeit I'll eat anything except brusell sprouts lol Joined their frequent flyer scheme which is part of star alliance. Out of interest on Air India was one of two times I've been pinged out of Heathrow with cash in excess of £1000 by a money dog on final gate. (think it was around £3000 from memory) Receipts from ATM had border force politely saying thank you within a minute

Force I "doubt" very much if this is anyone (on any forum) who has done more London Bangkok round tickets with a fair proportion on staff tickets and a few booked direct with airline down the decades At least of the overall total I'd say a minimum 100 have been "agent" tickets. Never once have I had a problem. Not once. Have they all been booked with one single agent...nope far from it When I have had issues or want changes did the agent deal very effectively with the requests....yep each and every time The problem with what you (and others say) is invariably we always only (in the main) hear the bad experiences (doesnt matter what the subject matter is the same scenario applies) 100/100 succesful bookings is some five star rating am sure you agree If peoiple want to book direct crack on and pay more but with none of the benefits of an agent if things go awry with a booking Out of interest 1 month after contacting an airline direct over a minor issue am still waiting for a response from their registered Twitter and FB messenger accounts after it transpired they closed their phonelines at weekends.....it took my agent in March who really shouldnt have needed to get involved just 22 minutes to respond and sort) As Trink would have said.....further words are superfluous

This was the Air India screenshot one way obviously

I've been looking at one way tickets out start of October time which apart from Air India who have some promotion on via Delhi and Bombay on their new Dreamliners and A350's (around £310) are roughly the same as I paid October 2023 for one way around £380 to £400.....I would expect that to drop nearer the time though But its the round trip prices that have dropped....I was going to put uploads of screenshots but instead with list a few returning end of March 2025 Eva the cheapest I've seen for a long time £664 Singapore at £605 and I saw fairly recently those at £560.....standard connections 2 hours or so Malaysian at £570 normal connections 2 hours Saudia at £568...slightly longer connections although they have short connection at enhanced price Swiss/Austrian code share at £550...extremely short connections (40 minutes on Austrian the minimum allowable) Plenty more All agent prices and make no apologies for always using them lol

Dont carry Power packs when you go through transit. No matter what the size they get confiscated. I thought it may have only been the day I transitted very recently but have read multiple reports of the same issue since then Seeing as its forbidden to put in checked luggage its a pain in the arse On an aside the airport was deserted at around 1am nothing was open and only 2 flights leaving one of which was ours to London

Surprised that monies in light of Iran Israel havent on the face of it flowed into the safe(r) haven of the USD overnight and today Sterling/Baht more or less where it finished Friday Indicies in the main all up as well. Very strange and even oil has eased slightly

Related to the thread. 2 years ago I got referred to local hospital in UK as a brown mark/mole had appeared on face (I heavily stay in the sun I freely acknowledge) Dr wasnt happy so within 4 days (fair play NHS) i'm up the skin clinic. Intially Dr says not quite sure let me call in senior consultant Duly turns up 20 minutes later gets his magnifying glass out and says nahh its ok its not melanoma but "keep an eye on it any changes let us know" Whilst it looked quite prominent (to me) nobody has ever commented over it including 2 guys on this forum Fast forward to 4 days ago and a crust has formed. Shit I think so Friday call Drs who again act swiftly and say go up Tuesday (tomorrow) to skin clinic again Wake up this morning go to shave look in mirror and WTF....its gone completely disappeared overnight I cant even see where it was the skin is completely clear lol I message Drs again who rang me an hour later (fair play to my surgery) and Dr says "what do you mean its gone" lol "Exactly what I've just said" I say politely. "So it was there yesterday but its gone today" she adds clearly sceptical lol "Yes" I say "its gone" Pause of about 5 seconds...."ok if it reappears let us know" 😁😁 That was that and appointment cancelled tomorrow lol....

Just go on to Travel Supermarket See the flights you want and click through. It tells you what baggage is included. If you then insist on paying more for your flight then go direct to the airline site and book there !! How come I've never had a single problem using agents lol.....when I have needed to get hold of customer service their responses have been superb and proactive (and I needed that service as recently as March when the airline itself didnt answer via Twitter Facebook Email and offices closed at weekends to phone calls.....22 minutes it took for Travel Trolley to respond to my subsequent email after their own office opened at 9am UK time on a Saturday) This internet "myth" that somehow its better to book direct with the airlines has somehow turned into an internet "fact" this last 25 years Its wrong on so many levels.......you take Southall Travel. Now I use one of their 5 seperate online agents. Can you only imagine how much business they give as consolidators to all airlines every single day ?? 1000s of booked flights daily and then some. Now why would an airline piss off these guys by not responding immediately to any queries they have ?? in short they dont. Utter myth that booking direct is better. Plus inavriably it costs more

Saudi included checked bag on pricing I gave above. No idea on seat selection. I always wait until online check in opens and select aisle seat without paying any airline Never sat anywhere other than aisle. Check in block off seats in advance knowing only to well people will ask at check in. Nothing is likely to piss off a passenger more than being told at check in middle seat only (if you're arriving 3 hours early) and airlines want you to fly with them again rather than going elsewhere next time Edited in...Yes Cathay includes 1 checked bag or at least from London

I'm looking to go start of October and come back end of March 2025 Saudi keep popping up at around £560 slightly longer transit times than I'd normally do but on 6 month trip no real issue (or least obviously outbound !) Eva is popping up around £690 using Travel Supermarket Not too many carriers showing at the moment as most (but not all) dont quote until the return sector is within 330 days of the current date Might just do what I did this year and one way out and sort out teturn next year

Internet rate at a 6 year high at 45.81 Surmising that yellow TT's will be around 45.50 locally Dollar Baht interbank at 36.03 aiding us all nicely

I'd imagine Eva is pretty rammed most of the time If you run flight price checks they invariably are cheaper than 90% of carriers going via their hub

......and thats why I wanted it left on the main board Seriously the board can go 24 hours without a post in the main sub forum so I start a thread (certainly 100% relevant to myself) I ask for it to be left there if possible (clearly politely) and yet minutes later its moved quite deliberately AJ if that was subtle pop it went over my shoulder and is currently floating down the English Channel I'll ask the question elsewhere instead where I should have put it in the first place.....disappointing

lol....one guess only

Move the thread if you think appropriate but leave here if possible for now Am looking to update a Sim from Truemove which is still "live" or replace it with DTAC or AIS Simply looking for monthly deals on data....not on calls whatsoever Fot yonks I was using a short code on True which was an "always on" unlimited data connection and around 212 Baht for a month.....speed was throttled after 1GB was reached but it didnt matter as was only used for Messaging Email etc etc What have you guys got. Am not interested in going Lazada or anything like that just a simple short code....now True still have deals on website but much much higher monthly cost now for anything with decent speed.....Multiple times I read elsewhere of 15 speed downloads unlimited data for a month for around 200 Baht !! No sod wants to tell you what it is though (does it exist !) As I intended to use it for a bit of streaming and maybe "tether" clearly I need more than a heavily throttled speed which that existing plan is Any suggestions ?? Thanks

No problem.....its an extremely deceptive way of pricing when it "lands" like that My original screenshot I had cut off the dates which included the return. Only when I clicked through does it become clear that the price is only for outbound sector Very deceptive (PS someone tell that Pensioner with the Thai Wife that always flys Qatar that I know its always him with the childish emoji)

If you go Travel Trolley the preferred agent I mentioned before here are the flights same day. (inbound different departure hour)

Ouch ouch ouch !!!! No its not....click through to the booking and that price is ONLY for the outbound flight !!! You then have to add the inbound price lol

Great find Sinbin am astonished at those fares and thought at first there has to be extras on that but you can see from screenshot 25kgs bag included etc 10/5 to 10/6 departing Gatwick which even more astonishingly is a Saturday on the inbound Edited.....I cant get anywhere near that same days using my preferred agent in fact its £573 with Singapore.....!! Thats a fantastic price in the current climate. Its got to be a promotion by Qatar and fair play to them

Sinbin where are you seeing Qatar sub £420 for May/June ??